Martin Parr: career timeline

British · 1952–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 45 of 54 lots (83% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Martin Parr: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1970s	4	3	$661Sign up	Photograph
1980s	7	7	$6.4kSign up	Photograph
1990s	20	16	$1.9kSign up	Photograph
2000s	6	5	$3.1kSign up	Photograph
2010s	7	7	$2kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $661Sign up
Average: $834Sign up
Typical size: 7 × 6 in (18 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND - 1970/2022$661Sign up
c. 1970 BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND - 1970/2022$611Sign up
1976 Tom Greenwood cleaning, 1976Unsold
1979 New Brighton$1.2kSign up

1980s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $8.9kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 20.5 in (43 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1982 Kassette „The Last Resort“ (New Brighton, Merseyside)$27.3kSign up
c. 1983 New Brighton, England/GB (from the series: The last Resort)$3.7kSign up
c. 1983 England, New Brighton from The Last Resort$3.6kSign up
1983 Selected Images from The Last Resort$6.4kSign up
c. 1983 New Brighton, Merseyside from The Last Resort$11.9kSign up
c. 1983 The Last Resort (New Brighton, Merseyside)$8.1kSign up
1986 New Brighton$1.5kSign up

1990s 20 works

Sold: 16 of 20
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 25 in (49 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (19), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Knowsley Safari Park, England, Great Britain 1990$917Sign up
1993 Southwold$1.4kSign up
c. 1995 Selected Images from 'Common Sense'Unsold
1995 White Sugar$1.3kSign up
1995 Think of EnglandUnsold
c. 1995 Two works from the Common Sense series$1.4kSign up
1995 Christmas, London from Common Sense$3kSign up
1995 Untitled (from the series: British Food)$1kSign up
1995 Untitled (from the series: Bristish Food)$1.8kSign up
1995 Untitled (from the series: British Food)$2.1kSign up
1997 Galway Races from Luxury$6.3kSign up
1997 "Florida 1997 Common Sense"$3.4kSign up

Show 8 more (1990s)

1997 Common Sense 9 1997$11.6kSign up · sold 2×
1997 Common Sense 18 1997Unsold
1997 West Bay$756Sign up
c. 1997 Japanese Commuters$1.2kSign up
1997 Untitled (from the series: Common Sense)$5kSign up
1997 West Bay (seagulls eating chips)$2.3kSign up
1997 Zurich“, aus der Serie „Common sense$6.1kSign up
c. 1998 Untitled, 2002 from The Phone BookUnsold

2000s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 7.5 in (25 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

2000 Boring Photographs$6kSign up
2000 Boring Photographs$6.3kSign up
2002 The Phone Book. 1998 - 2002$3.1kSign up
2004 Not Another Party! Wolfsonian Party, December 2004 (fourteen works)$2.1kSign up
2005 Venice$1kSign up
2007 Life’s a beachUnsold

2010s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 30 in (51 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (7)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

9 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 5 works

Sold: 0 of 5
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 20 × 24 in (51 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 Bored Couple, da série The Last ResortResult not published
sold 2009 New Brighton, da série The Last ResortResult not published
sold 2009 New Brighton Mersey Side, da série The Last ResortResult not published
sold 2009 Steep Lane Baptist ChapelResult not published
sold 2009 Buffet G.B England, YorkshireResult not published

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $6.2kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 11.5 in (27 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2017 The Phone Book$3kSign up
sold 2017 Common Sense$14.8kSign up
sold 2018 Bowling Bristol from Think of England$938Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $458Sign up
Average: $458Sign up
Typical size: 6 × 6 in (15 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 BLACKPOOL. ENGLAND. 1970.$458Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Martin Parr auction results →